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physiogony|fɪzɪˈɒgənɪ| [f. Gr. ϕύσις nature (see physio-) + -γονία begetting, production.] The generation or production of nature.
a1834Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1838) III. 158 Their physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic and a misgrowth of..substantiated abstractions; and their physiogony a blank or dream of tradition. 1840J. H. Green Vital Dynamics 103 The distinctive..aim..of physiogony is to present the history of Nature as preface and portion of the history of man. |